Tex. Family Code § 161.006
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 161.006, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 161.006. TERMINATION AFTER ABORTION.
Official statutory text
(a) A petition requesting termination of the parent-child relationship with respect to a parent who is not the petitioner may be granted if the child was born alive as the result of an abortion.
(b) In this code, "abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002, Health and Safety Code.
(c) The court or the jury may not terminate the parent-child relationship under this section with respect to a parent who:
(1) had no knowledge of the abortion; or
(2) participated in or consented to the abortion for the sole purpose of preventing the death of the mother.
(b) In this code, "abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002, Health and Safety Code.
(c) The court or the jury may not terminate the parent-child relationship under this section with respect to a parent who:
(1) had no knowledge of the abortion; or
(2) participated in or consented to the abortion for the sole purpose of preventing the death of the mother.
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